brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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A powerful ruler or king; præpotens rex. It is affirmed [Kmbl. Sax. Eng. ii. 21, and note i] that the true meaning of brýten-walda, compounded of walda a ruler, and the adj. brýten, is totally unconnected with Brettas or Bretwalas, the name of the British
burh-waru
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The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens; civitas, civitatis populus Ǽlc burhwaru wæs búgende to him non fuit civitas quœ se traderet illis, Jos. 11. 19. Wearþ eall seó burhwaru onstyred commota est universa civitas
Linked entries: burg-waru buruh-waru land-waru
æl-walda
the all-powerful
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the all-powerful. Cd. Jun. 6, 10
All-walda
All-ruler ⬩ the Almighty
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All-ruler, the Almighty, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 15; Gen. 292
burh-waran
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Inhabitants of a city; cives Wearþ eal here burhwarena blind all the multitude of the city-inhabitants became blind, Cd. 115; Th. 150, 13; Gen. 2491
for-warþ
perished
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perished. Cd. 213; Jun. 92, 2
here-wǽða
A war-hunter ⬩ a hunter whose game is the enemy
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A war-hunter, a hunter whose game is the enemy, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 17; Jud. 126: Thw. 24, 5; Jud. 173. v. Grmm. Geschicht. D. S. 12 sqq
Linked entry: -wǽða
Eal-walda
All-ruler, the Almighty ⬩ omnium rector
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All-ruler, the Almighty; omnium rector, Cd. 14; Th. 16, 20; Gen. 246
ge-wardod
seen ⬩ visus
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seen; visus Þat he sý gewardod fram him ut videatur ab illo, R. Ben. interl. 49
Linked entry: ge-weardian
ge-wǽde
A garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ vestimentum
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A garment, clothing; vestimentum Saga hwæt ðis gewǽde [gewædu, MS.] sý say what this vestment is, Exon. 109 a; Th. 418, 5; Rä. 36, 14. He nywolnessa him to gewǽde woruhte abyssus amictus ejus, Ps. Th. 103, 7. Míne gewǽda vestimentum meum, 68, 11: Homl
wande-weorpe
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A mole (cf.later English mold-werp, still used in some dialects: O. H. Ger. mu-werfo talpa, Grff. i. 1040: M. H. Ger. molt-werf: Ger. maul-wurf: Icel. mold-varpa) Wondeuueorpe (uuan-daeuui[o]rpae, uuondæuuerpe) talpa, Txts. 101, 1975. Wandewurpe talpa
ǽ-wǽde
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Stripped of clothes Ǽwǽde nudatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 70
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burg-waran
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Add: , -waras (-weras). [Though plural forms are most frequent, the singular seems to be used in the following Yldest burhwara proceres, burhwara cives, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 40, 35 (cf.ceaster-gewara)] :-- Wǽron ealle þá burgware Cartaginenses mid wópe
fleax-waran
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Andlang burnan on ðá flexwaran; on ðone hagan, C. D. v. 382, l
ge-wardod
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Dele, and see ge-warenian
Gal-walas
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Hé hyne onsende tó Galwala mǽgðe tó þǽre ceastre þe ys nemned Limouex, Shrn. 98, 27. Add
án-wald
Sole power ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ rule
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Sole power, jurisdiction, rule Ðæt se Cásere eft ánwald ofer hí ágan móste that the Cæsar might again obtain power over them, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 123; Met. 1, 62. Se ánwald Godes Ælmihtiges the power of Almighty God, 9, 95; Met. 9, 48: Exon. 63 a; Th. 232
burg-waru
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the inhabitants of a city as in a body, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096
Lǽden-ware
The Latins ⬩ the Romans
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The Latins, the Romans Lǽdenware wendon hié ealla on hiora ágen geþeóde the Romans turned them all into their own language, Past. Pref; Swt. 6, 3. On Lédenwara gereorde lingua Latinorum, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 4. Sui næfþ nǽnne nominativum náðer ne mid Grǽcúm
Mersc-ware
The inhabitants of marshy land
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The inhabitants of marshy land Myrcena cining oferhergode Cantware and Merscware ( men of RomneyMarsh ), Chr, 796;Erl. 59, 40. Monige on Merscwarum many of the men of the fens, 838; Erl. 66, 12